Whilst residing in Paris Franz Liszt moved in the highest echelons of artistic and cultural life and claimed many notable friendships. One such was with...continue...
Recording information: Nilento Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden (08/05/2014-08/08/2014)....continue...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first important American composer to fuse European classical piano music with American cultural influences, including folk music, the music of...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA (04/14/2014-04/16/2014)....continue...

A pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov and Director of the Moscow Conservatory, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov is most famous for his evocative Caucasian Sketches [8.553405]. He was always interested...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore (01/21/1984)....continue...

La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) marked a culmination of the convergence of serious and comic elements in Rossini's work. The result is an ideal...continue...
Recording information: Kurhaus Bad Wildbad, Germany (2009-07-01_2009-07-02&2009-)....continue...

Born in Buenos Aires to French parents, pianist Suzanne Husson now lives in Geneva. She has performed as a soloist on television and radio, at...continue...
Recording information: Studio Ernest Ansermet of Radio Suisse Romande, Geneva (05/28/2014-05/30/2014)....continue...

Franz Liszt had a particular affection for the music of Franz Schubert, considering him to be "the most poetic musician who ever lived". Ordered according...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (12/03/2013-12/04/2013)....continue...

A prodigious talent as a performer, Pablo Casals dubbed George Enescu "the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart". His compositions occupy a special place among the...continue...
Recording information: Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, Californi (01/02/2012-01/05/2012)....continue...

The Guardian, 25th March 2015For Rossini completists, then, this set - all 4h 12mins of it - is a must, and there's some stylish, lively...continue...
Recording information: Trinkhalle, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2013-07-13&2013-07-16&2013-)....continue...

Carl Czerny is remembered as a pupil and friend of Beethoven and the composer of numerous piano studies, but in his lifetime he was renowned...continue...
Recording information: St Silas Church, Kentish Town, London NW5, England (12/17/2013-12/19/2013)....continue...

The success of Bizet's opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral program, which includes a number of seldom performed...continue...
Recording information: National Concert Hall, Dublin (01/06/2014-01/08/2014)....continue...

The late 19th century witnessed unprecedented musical growth in the United States, and it is impossible to imagine a Copland, an Ives or even a...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK (03/01/2014-03/02/2014)....continue...

The three works on this recording are collections of short pieces, strung together and forming a cohesive whole - a form which Schumann himself invented,...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK (06/28/2014-06/30/2014)....continue...

Bavarian-born Simon Mayr spent much of his life in Italy where he promoted Viennese classical composition but also absorbed much from his studies in Bergamo...continue...
Recording information: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (09/05/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

Ferdinand Ries was Beethoven's student, close friend and biographer. He was a gifted and prolific composer whose works, like those of many other composers of...continue...
Recording information: Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York, USA (04/02/2013-04/03/2013)....continue...

Franz Hauk and the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble have spearheaded the revival of the music of Johann Simon Mayr who was born in Bavaria...continue...
Recording information: Kongregationsaal, Neuberg an der Donau, Germany (09/03/2012-09/06/2012)....continue...

Franz Liszt wrote relatively little chamber music in his long and illustrious career. The Duo Sonata is a tribute to Chopin, drawing on one of...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Wars (2013)....continue...

Pianist, composer and conductor Ignaz Moscheles was one of the most respected musicians of his time, and throughout his long life was at the social...continue...
Recording information: Grand Auditorium, Mie Centre for the Arts, Tsu, Mie Pre (2013-06-11_2013-06-13&2013-)....continue...

The exceptional Chinese guitarist Junhong Kuang, who won first prize in the Thailand International Guitar Competition in November 2011, has made a remarkable impact on...continue...
Recording information: Sichuan Conservatory of Music (03/24/2014-03/26/2014)....continue...

After the success of Aida in December 1871, and despite his enormous popularity, Verdi retired as an operatic composer. It took the young publisher Giulio...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Principe Felipe, Oviedo, Spain (2007-08-23_2007-09-08&2009-)....continue...

The Toronto-based Elora Festival Singers, conducted by their founder and internationally acclaimed director Noel Edison, are one of the most exciting of contemporary choirs. Their...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (05/09/2014-05/11/2014).

Intended for the army by his father, Johann - the founder of the waltz dynasty - Josef Strauss instead turned first to engineering and then,...continue...
Recording information: Slovakia....continue...

Johann Nepomuk Hummel studied with Mozart, later taking lessons from Salieri, and worked closely with Haydn at the court in Esterházy. This exalted pedigree equipped...continue...
Recording information: Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (01/28/2013-01/30/2013)....continue...

Three of the greatest opera composers from the 19th and early 20th centuries are heard on this recording in their only works for string quartet....continue...
Recording information: St. Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (07/30/2012-08/02/2012)....continue...

Reger's status as the supreme German organ composer since J. S. Bach has never been seriously challenged, and this disc explores some of the inspiration...continue...
Recording information: Fulda Cathedral, Germany (06/10/2013-06/11/2013)....continue...

What if four celebrated 19th c. composers - Mendelssohn, Schumann, Bruckner and Brahms - had written original works for brass septet? This disc explores that...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London (11/10/2013-11/12/2013)....continue...

Emanuele Buono has established himself as one of the most highly regarded and active guitarists of his generation. His numerous achievements include winning the prestigious...continue...
Recording information: St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (01/16/2014-01/18/2014)....continue...

A highly regarded composer in his day and considered the equal of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, Saverio Mercadante pioneered the transformation of bel canto opera...continue...
Recording information: Trinkhalle, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2012-07-14&2012-07-18&2012-)....continue...

Drawing on the adventures of Byron's Childe Harold and the composer's own Italian experiences as a Prix de Rome winner, Harold en Italie was intended...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (10/24/2013/10/26/2013)....continue...

As the sole recording of Aristea, one of Donizetti’s early works, this release is a must-have for fans of 19th century opera. Although Aristea might...continue...
Recording information: Neuberg, Kongregationssaal (09/03/2012-09/06/2012)....continue...

A child prodigy as a violin virtuoso, Ferdinand David became concertmaster of Felix Mendelssohn's Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and was renowned throughout Europe as a soloist...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany....continue...

Volume 15 of Reger's complete organ works is played on The E. M. Skinner organ in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, considered amongst the finest...continue...
Recording information: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Ill (05/13/2013)....continue...

This is the sequel to the recently released Ballet Music from the Operas [Naxos 8.573076]....continue...
Recording information: Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand (06/06/2013-06/08/2013)....continue...

A work of great depth and eloquence, and the longest work in Brahms's uvre, A German Requiem inspiration from Bach's contrapuntal genius but avoids overt...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (08/27/2012-08/29/2012)....continue...

Dvorák's four surviving Piano Trios cornerstones of the repertory. No. 3,completed early in 1883 shortly after the death of the composer's mother, though tinged with...continue...
Recording information: Spencerville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Silver Sprin (05/26/2013-05/29/2013)....continue...